Summary Of The Black Table By Otis Graham

“The Black Table”, is it about acceptance? Is it about denial? Otis Graham is writing about his junior high lunch time experience. Just like more schools there were groups, but 2 groups stood out in particular. The first was the black table and the second was the jewish boys table with a black boy, Otis Graham. “I refuse to sit at the black table” (Graham 1). Otis Graham was trying to figure out why he was in denial with sitting with the black table just like every black kid did. “What was wrong with me” (Graham 1). Maybe he was afraid to loose his friends, or maybe he just simply didn't want to be placed in the black table group. In the story there were 2 acts of racism towards Otis Graham and he still managed to blame the black people,